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As a small budget agency, OSHA has long looked for policies that will leverage individual enforcement actions to have the greatest impact on Industry. That is the origin of OSHA’s controversial policy of “Regulation by Shaming.” During the Obama Administration, employer shaming became a significant enforcement tool and came in many forms, from increasing use of enforcement press releases that included embarrassing and inflammatory quotations about employers, to maintaining a public bad actors list in connection with the Severe Violator Enforcement Program, and the coup de gras of publishing a Rule by which OSHA will collect and publish employers’ injury and illness data and details about fatalities. The Trump Administration has signaled it will take a different approach to public shaming, but the vestiges of these policies still remain, and their future is uncertain.​

During this webinar, participants will learn about:​

Details of OSHA's current Enforcement Press Release policy

OSHA's use of public shaming in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program

Status of OSHA's intent to publish injury data collected through the E-Recordkeeping Rule

OSHA's policy for publishing fatality information

PR strategies to consider if you are the target of one of OSHA's shaming campaigns